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Old 21-03-2014, 09:57   #9
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Re: Should you hear the fan going round?

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Originally Posted by dwarfofpoison View Post
Fortunately / unfortunately TiVo now connects to the network every six hours and I'm unsure if the HDD kicks into action when this is done (my thoughts are that it doesn't use the HDD to download or process this data).
It does use the HDD for this, and also periodically for various other housekeeping purposes. Also the hard drives may spin themselves up periodically for their own reasons.

You may find it's better to leave the box on (also make sure power-saving is disabled) so the HDD spins all the time instead of it stopping and starting.
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